Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Croft v Evertop Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 749 Citation: Croft v Evertop Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 749
Parties: RODNEY KIM CROFT AND JANICE ANN CROFT v EVERTOP INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (ACN 091 802 201), JAMES ALEXANDER KIDD and THYE TAN
File number: WAD 310 of 2006
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 1 July 2011
Catchwords: PRACTICE and PROCEDURE – application for further and better particulars – Federal Court Rules O 12 r 4 – application for further discovery – Federal Court Rules O 15 r 2 – whether sufficient particulars have been provided to determine quantification of loss and damage – whether an expert report is sufficient for the particularisation of damages – adequacy of discovery – limitation of the extent of further discovery when substantial discovery has already been provided – whether burden of discovery outweighs benefit – litigant in person in complex commercial litigation – balance needed in interests of justice
Legislation: Federal Court Rules O 12 r 4(1), O 12 r 4(2), O 12 r 5(1), O 14 r 2(1), O 15 r 2(3), O 15 r 2(6), O 15 r 6(1)
Cases cited: Cameron, B.A. & Anor v. Rural Press Ltd & Ors [1990] FCA 360 Croft v Evertop Investments Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1485 Hadley v Blaxendale (1854) 9 Ex.341 Hayward v Pullinger & Partners, Limited (1950) 1 All ER 581 Kyocera Mita Australia Pty Ltd v Mitronics Corporation Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 242 MacPherson v R (1981) 147 CLR 512 Minogue v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1999) 84 FCR 438 Monk v Redwing Aircraft Company Ltd (1942) 1 KB 182 Neil v Nott (1994) 68 ALJR 509 Perestrello E Companhia Limitada v United Paint Co. Ltd (1969) 1 WLR 570 Phipps v Orthodox Unit Trusts Ltd (1958) 1 QB 314 Prehn v The Royal Bank of Liverpool (1870) LR 5 Exch 92 United Salvage Pty Ltd v Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SNC [2006] FCA 116 Westside Typographics Pty Ltd v Flexi-Products International Pty Ltd & Anor [1988] FCA 543
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